"clinicide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈklɪnɪsaɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɪnɪˌsaɪd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I learned some phrases-clinicide.wav [Received-Pronunciation], En-us-clinicide.mp3 [General-American] Forms: clinicides [plural]
Etymology: From clini(cal) (“dealing with the practical management of patients”) + -cide (suffix meaning ‘killing’). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clinical|cide|alt1=clini(cal)|id2=killing|pos2=suffix meaning ‘killing’|t1=dealing with the practical management of patients}} clini(cal) (“dealing with the practical management of patients”) + -cide (suffix meaning ‘killing’) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} clinicide (countable and uncountable, plural clinicides)
  1. The deliberate killing of a patient in the course of medical treatment. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Murder Derived forms: clinicidal

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          "text": "Clinicide is the unnatural death of multiple patients in the course of treatment by a doctor. Clinicide occurs in a group that has a high rate of homicide. [H. G.] Kinnell maintains that doctors kill more than any other group (veterinarians, apparently, have never produced a serial killer).",
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